A writer's choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, or precision
diction
Ayn Rand's birthplace
St. Petersburg, Russia
foreshadowing
use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
If your serious about betting, let's see some green.
Synecdoche
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like, as, than, or resembles
Metaphor
autobiography
person tells his or her own life story
Metaphor
A comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
The general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to convey in a literary work
theme
A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem.
conflict
A writer's characteristic way of writing, determined by the choice of words, arrangement of words in sentences, and the relationship of the sentences to one another
style
Listen to the fire crackle in the dark.
Onomatopoeia
the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
dialogue
Personification
Giving the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive.
The vantage point from which a narrative is told
point of view
a struggle between opposing forces within a character
internal conflict
Dancing delicately, Don ushered in the dawn of a new day.
Alliteration
A contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
irony
The age of the useless
40
dialogue
a conversation between characters
A reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize
allusion
A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
Mood
Please sign your John Hancock on the dotted line.
Synecdoche
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Symbolism
climax
highest point of interest or suspense
Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value
symbol
The place where Equality is writing in his journal
tunnel
The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry
assonance
Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
Verse
Simile
A comparison between two things, using the words "like" or "as."
All men in Equality's society can be identified by this.
The iron bracelets w/names
Their taut tails thrashing they twist in tribute.
Alliteration
Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
Alliteration
means to be similar or identical, or to beobedient or compliant
Conformity
A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities
personification
International got in trouble for this.
Drawing on the walls; smiling
T or F? Equality misses his parents now that he is an adult.
False. He never knew them.
Alliteration
This occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.
the protagonist of Anthem
Equality 7-2125
characterization
act of creating and developing a character
I told you a million times to take out the garbage.
Hyperbole
focuses on individual action and identity;therefore, the opposite of collectivism
Individuality
Equality stole this from the Home of the Street Sweepers.
Candle
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration used to make a point.
He's got tons of money.
Hyperbole
If you sing while playing baseball, you won't get a good pitch.
Pun
age when people are sent to the home of the students
5
Length of Equlaity's workday
10 hours
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles
Simile
I had to decide between making salad with my mom or playing catch with my dad, it was a toss-up.
Pun
Only the squares are doing well in geometry class. It's their area.
Pun
a pair of lines that end in rhyme
couplet
Attitude a writer takes toward a subject, character, or the audience
Tone
Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. (Example: cuckoo, sizzle)
True or False: Ayn Rand opposed communism
True
That new car costs a bazillion dollars.
Hyperbole
Punishment for stealing a candle
10 years in the Palace of Corrective Detention
I'm on a working vacation next week.
Oxymoron
When making butter there is little margarine for error.
Pun
A figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things using like or as
simile
Simile
I was as busy as a bee at work today.
Rhymes that occur at the end of lines
End rhyme
Dusk demands daylight.
Alliteration
the high point, or turning point, in a story-usually the most intense point.
climax
The means by which a writer reveals a character's personality
characterization
I told the student that time will tell.
Cliche
an example of conformity
Wearing uniforms is...
Kinda of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it was human
Personification
A figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement, for special effect
hyperbole
Ruler overthrown by the revolution in Ayn Rand's home country
Tsar Nicholas II
This is the root of all evil.
Being alone
Equality's day begins and ends with a
bell.
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests it's meaning
Onomatopoeia
End of story; when all loose ends are tied up and we know what happens to the characters.
Resolution
The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words
alliteration
biography
writer tells the life story of another person
Onomatopoeia
Buzz
refers to an emphasis on collective rather thanindividual action or identity
Collectivism
Group of consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit
Stanza
I think that is pretty ugly shirt you have on.
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
True or False: Ayn Rand loved communism.
False
The story about rabbits was a real hare raiser.
Pun
Crack the egg in the bowl.
Onomatopoeia
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion
Hyperbole
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem
Rhyme scheme
conflict
struggle between opposing forces
Language that appeals to the senses
Imagery
The age of the ancient ones
45
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